Brick-drier car.



L. W. McARTHUR.

BRICK DRIER CAR.

APPLICATION man FEB. 21. 19.16.

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WITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

LACI-ILAN W. MoARTI-IUR, OF MONTREAL WEST, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR T0 HIM- SELF, AND PERGIVAL STAFFORD MGKERGOW, OF WESTMDUNT, QUEBEC. CANADA.

BRICK-DRIER CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed February 21, 1916. Serial No. 79,772;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAGHLAN VVALLAGE,

MGARTHUR, residing in the town of Montreal West, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brick-Drier Cars; and I do hereby declare the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to cars for transporting bricks to kilns for burning the bricks; and comprises a drier car consisting of the combination with a truck having a pair of middle standards, deck-members in dependently hinged to the tops of the stand ards transversely to the truck, and means for locking the members in raised position. For full comprehension, however, of my invention, reference must be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a drier car constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof; Fig. 3-is a plan view; and Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 4 4; Fig. 3.

My improved drier car comprises a truck proper consisting of side sills 2, and transverse members 3 uniting the side sills, the whole being mounted in the usual manner upon car axles 4L. Mounted upon the transverse members are a series of longitudinal strips 5 extending throughout the length of the car. These members are adapted to have the bricks placed thereon with their ends resting upon the members and bridging the spaces therebetween. This constitutes the lower deck of the car. Rigidly mounted upon the truck proper at each end thereof are vertical standards 6 disposed at opposite sides and united in close proximity to their upper ends by transverse horizontal memhere 7. A pair of intermediate standards 8 are located midway the length of the track and are united in a similar manner by a transverse horizontal member 9. These standards support the upper deck which comprises two members 10 and 12 hinged at their inner ends transversely the length of the car as will be presently shown. Each deck member consists of a pair of stringers l4 and an intermediate stringer 15. These stringers are united by a plurality of trans verse strips 16 spaced a slight distance apart and adapted to have the bricks placed there-- on in a similar manner to the lower deck with their ends resting upon the strips and bridging the spaces therebetween. W hen in horizontal position the stringers are sup,- ported upon the transverse members 7 and 9.

In order to provide means for pivoting the deck-members the intermediate standards have journaled therein the ends of a transverse rod 21, such deck-members being hingedly mounted upon this rod by brackets 22 rigidly secured to the inner ends of these members. There are preferably three brackets to each deck-member, located one at each side and one in the middle and they are adapted to be raised either independently or together and when both are raised to vertical position, in the loading or un loading of the lower deck, for instance, they are fastened together by hook 31 pivoted to one deck-member and engaging an edge or lateral projection on the other member.

As the deck-members are pivoted on the same center they would, if not supported, be liable to fall to one side or the other of the center, and in order to prevent this, the intermediate standards are projected upwardly as at 20 between the deck-members and these projections limit the movement of each deck-member toward the center of the car and thus when they are lifted and hooked together, prevent them from falling from their raised position.

What I claim is as follows:

1. A drier car consisting of the combination with a truck having a pair of standards located at each end thereof and a pair of standards located midway the length of the truck, deck-members independently hinged transversely to the truck to the tops of the intermediate standards, means upon the end standards for supporting the deck-members in horizontal position and means for looking the said deck-members in raised tion.

2. In a drier car the combination with a truck-frame having transverse members, of a fixed deck mounted upon said truck-frame and consisting of a plurality of paral lel spaced longitudinal strips extending throughout the length of the truck, a pair of middle standards located midway the length'of the truck and an upper deck consisting of two members independently posihinged to said standards transversely to the length of the truck each of said deck-members consisting of stringers and parallel spaced transverse strips mounted on said stringers, means for locking the deck-mem bers in raised position said means consisting of a lateral pro ection upon one of said members and a hook pivotally connected to .the other of said members and adapted to engage said lateral projection, substantially as described. 7 l

3. A drier car for the purpose set forth having a fixed deck; end standards; a pair of intermediate standards located midway the length of the truck; 'a pair of deck-members hinged transversely to the'length of the car to the intermediate standards which have projections for the purpose-of limiting the movement of the said pivoted deck-members toward the transverse center of the car; and

a locking device detachably connecting to- Gopies of this patent-may be obtainedfor necting together the said deck-members when in raised position, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed'my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

j V 7 LACHLAN W. MOART'HURL Witnesses: I

WILLIAM HEXVE'ISON, GORDON G. CooKE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. C.

30, a the movement of the said pivoted deck- 7 members toward the transverse center of the car; and a locking device detachably con- 

